Country: Belgium

Number of People Groups

95

People Groups Unreached

29 (30.5%)

Progress Level

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Total
Population

11,679,000

Population in Unreached

919,000 (7.9%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

64.36%

% Evangelical

1.48%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.5%
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed
 Afghani, general 26,000 923,000 Dari Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Albanian, general 13,000 630,000 Albanian, Tosk Islam 24.00 % 0.40 % -
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 53,000 37,281,000 Arabic, Algerian Islam 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Americans, U.S. 14,000 197,948,000 English Christianity 87.00 % 30.00 % -
 Amhara, Ethiopian 1,100 27,147,000 Amharic Christianity 82.00 % 4.00 % -
 Anglo-Australian 800 18,679,000 English Christianity 70.00 % 15.00 % -
 Anglo-Canadian 3,100 17,345,000 English Christianity 76.00 % 9.00 % -
 Arab, Egyptian 1,600 78,032,000 Arabic, Egyptian Islam 7.00 % 3.00 % -
 Arab, Iraqi 21,000 21,994,000 Arabic, Mesopotamian Islam 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
 Arab, Lebanese 2,500 6,275,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 35.00 % 4.00 % -
 Arab, Libyan 4,700 2,800,000 Arabic, Libyan Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.07 % 1
 Arab, Moroccan 344,000 30,794,000 Arabic, Moroccan Islam 0.11 % 0.07 % 7
 Arab, Syrian 15,000 20,176,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 3.00 % 0.40 % 1
 Arab, Tunisian 21,000 12,039,000 Arabic, Tunisian Islam 0.30 % 0.20 % 1
 Armenian 10,000 5,931,000 Armenian, Western Christianity 90.00 % 12.00 % -
 Austrian, Bavarian 2,800 14,435,000 Bavarian Christianity 85.00 % 0.30 % -
 Azerbaijani 1,100 9,102,000 Azerbaijani, North Islam 1.00 % 0.50 % 1
 Belarusian 1,700 9,027,000 Belarusian Christianity 68.00 % 2.00 % -
 Berber, Kabyle 55,000 7,352,000 Kabyle Islam 2.00 % 1.50 % 1
 Berber, Shawiya 42,000 2,731,000 Tachawit Islam ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.07 % 1
 Black African, general 121,000 1,140,000 French Islam 39.00 % 4.00 % -
 Bosniak 2,600 3,151,000 Bosnian Islam 0.50 % 0.40 % 1
 Brazilian, White 15,000 103,114,000 Portuguese Christianity 86.00 % 25.00 % -
 British 27,000 54,161,000 English Christianity 72.00 % 6.00 % -
 Bulgarian 47,000 6,677,000 Bulgarian Christianity 80.00 % 4.00 % -
  Totals:  95 11,679,000         29 64.36 % 1.48 % 37 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 37,000                
  UN Country Population (2024) 11,716,000                
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Province Estimated
Population
Bruxelles 1,125,000
Vlaanderen 6,772,000
Wallonie 3,752,000
Provinces:  3 11,649,000
UN Country Population 11,716,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Albanian, Tosk als 1 0 Complete Bible
Amharic amh 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 2 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Libyan ayl 1 1 Unspecified
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 Complete Bible
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Tunisian aeb 1 1 New Testament
Armenian, Western hyw 1 0 Complete Bible
Azerbaijani, North azj 1 1 Complete Bible
Bavarian bar 1 0 Complete Bible
Belarusian bel 1 0 Complete Bible
Bosnian bos 1 1 Complete Bible
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chechen che 1 1 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Czech ces 1 0 Complete Bible
Danish dan 1 0 Complete Bible
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Dutch nld 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 6 0 Complete Bible
Estonian, Standard ekk 1 0 Complete Bible
Finnish fin 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 3 1 Complete Bible
French Belgian Sign Language sfb 1 0 Translation Needed
Georgian kat 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Standard deu 1 0 Complete Bible
German, Swiss gsw 1 0 New Testament
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hassaniyya mey 1 1 New Testament
Hungarian hun 1 0 Complete Bible
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Japanese jpn 1 1 Complete Bible
Kabyle kab 1 1 Complete Bible
Kazakh kaz 1 1 Complete Bible
Khmer khm 1 0 Complete Bible
Kinyarwanda kin 1 0 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Kurdish, Northern kmr 1 1 Complete Bible
Latvian, Standard lvs 1 0 Complete Bible
Lingala lin 1 0 Complete Bible
Lithuanian lit 1 0 Complete Bible
Luxembourgish ltz 1 0 New Testament
Macedonian mkd 1 0 Complete Bible
Mongolian, Halh khk 1 1 Complete Bible
Moore mos 1 0 Complete Bible
Morisyen mfe 1 0 New Testament
Norwegian nor 1 0 Complete Bible
Persian, Iranian pes 1 1 Complete Bible
Polish pol 1 0 Complete Bible
Portuguese por 2 0 Complete Bible
Pular fuf 1 1 New Testament
Romani, Vlax rmy 1 0 Complete Bible
Romanian ron 2 0 Complete Bible
Rundi run 1 0 Complete Bible
Russian rus 1 0 Complete Bible
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Slovak slk 1 0 Complete Bible
Somali som 1 1 Complete Bible
Spanish spa 9 0 Complete Bible
Swedish swe 1 0 Complete Bible
Tachawit shy 1 1 Bible Portions
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tajik tgk 1 1 Complete Bible
Thai tha 1 1 Complete Bible
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 Complete Bible
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Turoyo tru 1 0 New Testament
Ukrainian ukr 1 0 Complete Bible
Urdu urd 2 2 Complete Bible
Uzbek, Northern uzn 1 1 Complete Bible
Vietnamese vie 1 0 Complete Bible
Walloon wln 1 0 Bible Portions
West Flemish vls 1 0 Bible Portions
Wolof wol 1 1 New Testament
Totals: 76 95 29   65 67 70 71 57
Networking Possibilities

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There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Belgium. Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

  • Church planting agencies in Belgium
  • Christian ministry in Belgium
  • Business as mission
  • Christian literature distribution
  • Evangelism agencies
  • Christian discipleship
  • Short term Christian missions
  • Long term Christian missions
  • Urban ministries
  • Christian media opportunities
  • Bible translation opportunities
  • Relief and development agencies
  • Clean water projects
  • Christian medical outreaches

Belgium Statistics
People Groups 95
Unreached People Groups 29  (30.5%)
Population 11,679,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 0.6%
Population in Unreached 919,000  (7.9%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 64.4%
Percent Evangelical 1.5%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 2.5%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 37
Country Progress Level 3
Urbanization 98%
Continent Europe
Region Europe, Western
10/40 Window No
Country Code BE
Official Language(s) West FlemishFrench
Literacy Rate 100%
Estimated Illiterate Population 0
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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